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Staff Sgt. Taylor Austin gives a group of Marines a class on generators and their use in a field environment at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue May 8. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 were conducting their annual Communication Exercise May 5 – 9. - Staff Sgt. Taylor Austin gives a group of Marines a class on generators and their use in a field environment at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue May 8. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 were conducting their annual Communication Exercise May 5 – 9.

Lance Cpl. Jurando Emiliano provides communication capabilities to Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 May 13, at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Emiliano uses a Toughbook and remote subscriber access module to provide essential personnel with communications both locally and overseas. Emiliano is a field wireman with MWSSS-271. - Lance Cpl. Jurando Emiliano provides communication capabilities to Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 May 13, at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Emiliano uses a Toughbook and remote subscriber access module to provide essential personnel with communications both locally and overseas. Emiliano is a field wireman with MWSSS-271.

Lt. Col. Alan Solter, commanding officer of Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2, enjoys a piece of chicken behind the barracks here during an even hosted by the New Bern Military Alliance May 7. The 2014 Spring Chicken Picking is one of the many events sponsored by the organization aimed at fostering camaraderie between service members and their families. - Lt. Col. Alan Solter, commanding officer of Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2, enjoys a piece of chicken behind the barracks here during an even hosted by the New Bern Military Alliance May 7. The 2014 Spring Chicken Picking is one of the many events sponsored by the organization aimed at fostering camaraderie between service members and their families.

Marines with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 28 hang a display board of the squadron’s latest accomplishments here, May 1. The display board is an addition to the squadron’s Hall of History, created by Marines within the squadron as a reminder of the Marine’s history and accomplishments. The creation of the Hall of History is one of the steps the squadron is taking to help them get back to the basics. - Marines with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 28 hang a display board of the squadron’s latest accomplishments here, May 1. The display board is an addition to the squadron’s Hall of History, created by Marines within the squadron as a reminder of the Marine’s history and accomplishments. The creation of the Hall of History is one of the steps the squadron is taking to help them get back to the basics.

Sgt. Timothy Macleod hugs his daughter Jennalee at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., after returning from a six month unit deployment program, with Marine Attack Squadron 223, in support of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in Okinawa, Japan. During the UDP, VMA-223 was tasked with conducting aircraft maintenance and flight operations. Macleod is a fixed-wing aircraft safety equipment mechanic with the squadron. - Sgt. Timothy Macleod hugs his daughter Jennalee at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., after returning from a six month unit deployment program, with Marine Attack Squadron 223, in support of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in Okinawa, Japan. During the UDP, VMA-223 was tasked with conducting aircraft maintenance and flight operations. Macleod is a fixed-wing aircraft safety equipment mechanic with the squadron.

Maj. Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, commanding officer of Marine Fighter Squadron 214, photo circa 1943-1944. - Maj. Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, commanding officer of Marine Fighter Squadron 214, photo circa 1943-1944.

Maj. Gen. Jon M. Davis presents retired Lt. Gen. Philip D. Shutler a plaque thanking him for speaking to the Marine officers about the history of Marine aviation May 3, at Miller’s Landing consolidated club aboard Cherry Point. Shutler, who joined the Marine Corps in 1947, spoke to the crowd about what makes the Marine Corps unique, evoking historical examples from World War II, Korea, and today. - Maj. Gen. Jon M. Davis presents retired Lt. Gen. Philip D. Shutler a plaque thanking him for speaking to the Marine officers about the history of Marine aviation May 3, at Miller’s Landing consolidated club aboard Cherry Point. Shutler, who joined the Marine Corps in 1947, spoke to the crowd about what makes the Marine Corps unique, evoking historical examples from World War II, Korea, and today.

Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks during the F-35B Lightning II Rollout Ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 24. “For the first time in aviation history, the most lethal characteristics – supersonic speed, radar-evading stealth, extreme agility, and short takeoff vertical landing capability – have been combined in a single platform,” said Dunford. - Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks during the F-35B Lightning II Rollout Ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 24. “For the first time in aviation history, the most lethal characteristics – supersonic speed, radar-evading stealth, extreme agility, and short takeoff vertical landing capability – have been combined in a single platform,” said Dunford.

The Marine Corps welcomed its first F-35B aircraft, the Marine Corps variant of the F-35 Lightning II, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 11. - The Marine Corps welcomed its first F-35B aircraft, the Marine Corps variant of the F-35 Lightning II, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 11.

Navy Lt. Amber Higginson, a medical officer from Bethesda, Md., and Lance Cpl. Reinaldo Reyes, native of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, and Spanish translator from Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Ground Combat Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, check a child for skin rashes at a medical site in a high school gymnasium in Bribri, Costa Rica, Aug. 23, 2010. Marines, sailors and USS Iwo Jima personnel are ported in Limon, Costa Rica, providing medical, dental, veterinary, community relations and engineering services to Costa Ricans as part of the CP10 mission during their deployment to the Caribbean, Central and South America. - Navy Lt. Amber Higginson, a medical officer from Bethesda, Md., and Lance Cpl. Reinaldo Reyes, native of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, and Spanish translator from Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Ground Combat Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, check a child for skin rashes at a medical site in a high school gymnasium in Bribri, Costa Rica, Aug. 23, 2010. Marines, sailors and USS Iwo Jima personnel are ported in Limon, Costa Rica, providing medical, dental, veterinary, community relations and engineering services to Costa Ricans as part of the CP10 mission during their deployment to the Caribbean, Central and South America.